700 sites set up for language students

More than 700 foreign language training institutions have been set up in Beijing to encourage people to learn another language, according to the Organizing Committee of Beijing Speaks Foreign Languages Program.

In addition, the government has developed lectures popularizing foreign languages and introducing other cultures to enable people to get involved in picking up another language.

"The capital is becoming a more international city," Xiang Ping, deputy director of the committee, said during the 10th anniversary of the Beijing Speaks Foreign Languages Program.